List of glands of the human body
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This article contains a list of glands of the human body
Human anatomy |
List of endocrine and exocrine glands
| # | Name(s) | Location | Product | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocrine sweat glands
|
skin | coiled tubular | |
| 2 | Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands | tongue, near tip | nonserous or mixed | |
| 3 | Brunner's glands, | duodenum | mucous | compound tubular |
| 4 | Bronchopulmonary glands | lungs
|
mucous | |
| 5 | Bulbourethral glands , Cowper's glands, Mery's glands
|
penis, base | Pre-ejaculate | tubulo-alveolar |
| 6 | Ceruminous gland | ear | Cerumen
|
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| 7 | lacrimal glands
|
eye | tears | |
| 8 | Cobelli's glands | mucosa
|
mucous | |
| 9 | Ebner's glands
|
tongue | serous | |
| 10 | Eccrine sweat glands
|
skin | coiled tubular | |
| 11 | Esophageal glands
|
esophagus | mucous | racemose |
| 12 | Exocrine pancreas
|
pancreas | serous | tubulo-acinar |
| 13 | Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands | stomach | serous | |
| 14 | Glomus coccygeum , coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona
|
coccyx, near the tip | ||
| 15 | Goblet cells
|
digestive tract, respiratory tract
|
mucous | simple unicellular |
| 16 | Henle's glands | eyelids, in the conjunctiva
|
tubular | |
| 17 | Krause's glands | conjunctiva, middle portion | mucous | |
| 18 | Lieberkuhn's glands
|
intestines, surface of mucous membrane
|
digestive enzymes | simple tubular |
| 19 | Littré's glands , Morgagni's glands
|
spongy portion of the urethra
|
mucus | racemose |
| 20 | Lumbar glands
|
abdomen, near the back | ||
| 21 | Mammary gland | breast | milk | compound tubulo-acinar |
| 22 | Meibomian gland | eyelids
|
sebaceous | |
| 23 | Moll's glands
|
eyelids
|
sebum | |
| 24 | Montgomery's glands
|
mammary areola | sebaceous | |
| 25 | Naboth's glands | os uteri
|
mucous | |
| 26 | Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands | olfactory region
|
mucus | |
| 27 | Paneth cells
|
small intestine | serous | |
| 28 | Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland | in the neck | parathyroid hormone | |
| 29 | Parietal cell | stomach | hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor | dynamic canaliculi |
| 30 | Parotid gland | mouth | saliva | tubulo-alveolar |
| 31 | Peyer's patches (or glands)
|
lymphatic glands
|
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| 32 | Prostate | surrounds the urinary bladder
|
tubulo-alveolar | |
| 33 | Pyloric glands
|
mucous, gastrin | simple branched tubular | |
| 34 | Sebaceous gland | skin | sebum | acinar - branched |
| 35 | Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland | mouth | mucus (primarily) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 36 | Submandibular gland | mouth | mixed (M+S) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 37 | Sudoriparous glands , Boerhaave's glands
|
skin | ||
| 38 | Sigmund's glands | epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla | ||
| 39 | Suzanne's gland | mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove[1] | mucous | |
| 40 | Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands , vulvovaginal glands
|
vulva, vagina | ||
| 41 | Tubarial glands
|
posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius[2]
|
saliva | |
| 42 | Uterine glands | uterus | histotroph (uterine milk) | tubular |
| 43 | Weber's glands | tongue | mucous | tubular |
| 44 | Glands of Zeis
|
eyelids , free edges
|
sebaceous |
Skin
There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine glands.
| # | Name | Precursor gland derived from[3] | Anatomic location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceruminous gland | Apocrine |
Ear canal |
| 2 | Mammary gland | Apocrine |
Breast |
| 3 | Moll's gland | Apocrine |
Eyelid margin |
| 4 | Tyson's gland |
Sebaceous | Genital skin |
| 5 | Meibomian gland | Sebaceous | Tarsal plate
|
| 6 | Gland of Zeis | Sebaceous | Associated with eyelashes on eyelid margin |
| 7 | Montgomery gland |
Sebaceous | Areola |
| 8 | Fordyce spot |
Sebaceous | Vermillion border
|
Endocrine glands
See List of human endocrine organs and actions
References
- Michael H. Ross & Wojciech Pawlina, Histology: A Text and Atlas